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Lanark

[ lan-erk ]

/ ˈlæn ərk /

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noun

a historic county in S Scotland.

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Also called Lan·ark·shire

[lan-erk-sheer, -sher]. /ˈlæn ərkˌʃɪər, -ʃər/.

Words nearby Lanark

Lamut, Lamy, LAN, Lana, lanai, Lanark, Lanarkshire, lanate, Lancashire, Lancashire chair, Lancashire heeler

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How to use Lanark in a sentence

The night I watched Belfast, a protest, ostensibly about dissatisfaction with the new Brexit protocol, broke out in Lanark Way, an interface area between communities in west Belfast.
The Complex History Behind Belfast—and Its Echoes in Present-Day Northern Ireland|Alison Garden|November 11, 2021|Time
He sent fourteen men with sackfuls of grass on horses' backs to pass along as if bound for Lanark fair.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
His work at New Lanark had been, he felt, only a trial upon a small working model.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells
And he set himself to a propaganda of the views that New Lanark had justified.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells

Many a wild ride to and from the Presbytery at Lanark, and across flooded and shifting fords, he had on her.
Spare Hours|John Brown
For example, let us instance his table of the county of Lanark, which is the great seat of Scottish manufactures.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850|Various